In my tadpole stage I was delivered to Metron Ariston and…

“One of the hardest lessons I have to learn is how not to be judgmental about people who are judgmental. When I see how…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to…

— Madeleine L'Engle

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Instead of rejoicing in this glorious “impossible” which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his mighty…

— Madeleine L'Engle

I have never lived before...Until this summer, I did not know what it was to be alive.

— Madeleine L'Engle

On the other side of pain, there is still love.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“IT was the most horrible, the most repellent thing she had ever seen, far more nauseating then anything she had ever imagined with her…

— Madeleine L'Engle

I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe,…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my…

— Madeleine L'Engle

My husband is my most ruthless critic... sometimes he will say, 'It's been said better before.' Of course it has. It's all been said…

— Madeleine L'Engle

If we aren't capable of being hurt we aren't capable of feeling joy.

— Madeleine L'Engle